Recommended by Cassandra Rose

  • Cassandra Rose: Tin Noses by Sarah Bowden
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    A staged reading of this play was part of the 2017 Chicago Theatre Marathon, and boy are we glad it was. The theme of that year's incubator was "I Am Indomitable," and this play and these characters definitely fit the bill! If you're at all interested in how theatres & Hollywood portray disability, do yourself a favor and try this play on for size.

    A staged reading of this play was part of the 2017 Chicago Theatre Marathon, and boy are we glad it was. The theme of that year's incubator was "I Am Indomitable," and this play and these characters definitely fit the bill! If you're at all interested in how theatres & Hollywood portray disability, do yourself a favor and try this play on for size.

    ”
  • Cassandra Rose: Above the Ceiling by Erin Lekovic (Austin)
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    This play. Yes. It is wonderfully over-stylized with a macabre sense of humor, and yet by the end, you are rooting for this horrible, blood-stained woman and her sex slave. Imagine Hedda Gabler trapped inside the Grand Guignol, and you will start to understand the delight that is this play.

    This play. Yes. It is wonderfully over-stylized with a macabre sense of humor, and yet by the end, you are rooting for this horrible, blood-stained woman and her sex slave. Imagine Hedda Gabler trapped inside the Grand Guignol, and you will start to understand the delight that is this play.

    ”
  • Cassandra Rose: Thirst by J. Joseph Cox
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    When Cold Basement Dramatics decided to produce its first full length play, this script was immediately the entire company's first pick. J. Joseph Cox does a deft job at trapping his audience in his coal mine, leaving us all to wonder if those shadows on the walls are coming for us as well.

    When Cold Basement Dramatics decided to produce its first full length play, this script was immediately the entire company's first pick. J. Joseph Cox does a deft job at trapping his audience in his coal mine, leaving us all to wonder if those shadows on the walls are coming for us as well.

    ”